Last Updated: 08/16/01
You have found a very important page for the Clinical Psychiatry course. The following ideas are important
concepts for you to be familiar with. It is suggested that if the concepts
are not fully clear to you, that you use your textbook as one possible
resource. The following topics will very likely be addressed on the upcoming EXAM
I. Please refer to your lecture notes, outlines and notes available on the Web page and
your text to supplement your knowledge base in each of the following areas. This list is
not exhaustive but should give you some specific direction. This list is subject
to being updated. Last update: 08/16/01 08:37 PM
Test questions will come from lectures, case
presentations, and suggested
readings that relate to the cognitive objectives for the course. Tests are designed to sample students understanding of the material and
relate to the specific cognitive objectives under each section. Most test questions
will come from the cognitive objectives and are covered in the textbook, identified in the
class outline and lectures and are supported in your suggested readings.
DSMIV Classification System (What goes on which Axis)
ID, Ego, Superego
Freuds Defense Mechanisms (repression, denial, projection, reaction
formation, displacement)
Effective Clinical Interviews (what goes into these)
Psych Tests: Rorschach, MMPI, FIRO-B, TAT, GCS, GOAT, WAIS
Difficult patients (characteristics)
Posttraumatic Stress disorder (DSMIV criteria)
Erik Ericksons Stages of Life (trust vs mistrust)
Neuropsychological Assessment (what it is used for)
Dementia (DSMIV Criteria)
Psychosis (definition)
Schizophrenia and brain chemicals (most commonly associated)
Impact of AIDS on health care system
Illness Behaviors
Working with violent patients (precautions)
Sexual Identity (definition)
Gender Identity
Sexual Response Cycle (familiar with the stages)
Paraphelias
Sexual Pain disorders
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Obesity (Familiar with diagnostic criteria)
Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Impulse Control Disorder
Sexuality and Disability
Pathological Gambling
Object permanance
The role and function of neurotransmitters (basic information)
Understand the basic functions involved in the different brain regions
Generalized Anxiety
Treatment of Adjustment Disorders
Function of Neurons
Definition of a Chief Complaint
Organic Brain Disorder
Percentage of Schizophrenics that recover
DSMIV Criteria for Substance Abuse
FIRO-B measures what three dynamics
Definition of Malingering Patients
Recent/Remote Memory
Common lab tests in psychiatry
Cocaine Intoxication
Commonly Abused Substances
Aversive Conditioning
Depression (characteristics, prevalence, gender difference, treatment
issues, etc)
Kubler Ross Stages of Death and Dying